Icon created in VS.NET 2003 doesn't work.

[.pd.]

Hi - I created an icon in VS.NET 2003. I did nothing more than Project->
New Item->Icon File and then used the paint tools to draw it. Then I saved
the file.

In Windows Explorer, the icon is not displayed next to the file. Just what
appears to be the default icon that appears when you select the Icon File
template from the Add New Item dialog.

If I include the icon in an image-list, the same thing happens.

If I use Pixel Toolbox (a bit of freeware icon creation s/w) to create an
icon and save it, Explorer displays it correctly and so does the image list
object.

Is Pixel Toolbox doing something that I must explicitly do in VS.NET or is
VS.NET broken?

Thanks for any help,

Cheers,
..pd.

 

[Bo Persson]

Hi - I created an icon in VS.NET 2003. I did nothing more than Project->
New Item->Icon File and then used the paint tools to draw it. Then I saved
the file.

In Windows Explorer, the icon is not displayed next to the file. Just what
appears to be the default icon that appears when you select the Icon File
template from the Add New Item dialog.

If I include the icon in an image-list, the same thing happens.

If I use Pixel Toolbox (a bit of freeware icon creation s/w) to create an
icon and save it, Explorer displays it correctly and so does the image list
object.

Is Pixel Toolbox doing something that I must explicitly do in VS.NET or is
VS.NET broken?

The icon is probably available in several different resolutions. Check
that the icon you draw is the same reslution as used by your desktop.


Bo Persson
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